WIBI Welcomes the Seventh Woman Foundation

A breast cancer prevention resource! This summer Women in Balance Institute has opened its doors to the Seventh Woman Foundation, an organization focused on preventing breast cancer through lifestyle and natural hormone balance. Their website has been a trusted resource for information on hormone imbalance, breast health and breast cancer research, all of which is now …

Medicinal Mushrooms and Breast Cancer: What is the latest research?

Mushrooms have long been a delicacy in many culinary recipes, but what about their medicinal properties?  Have you walked by the typical white button mushroom in the grocery store and thought of it as a healing medicine? Not many have, but recent research is suggesting this mushroom and many others have cancer prevention properties. A …

BRCA BASICS: Understanding the Breast Cancer Gene

Last May, Angelina Jolie brought to the world’s attention the ‘breast cancer gene’ when the New York Times published her op ed, “My Medical Choice.”  This essay made public her decision to undergo prophylactic bilateral mastectomy to prevent breast cancer, following the discovery that she carries the ‘faulty’ BRCA1 genetic mutation.  Jolie’s own mother passed …

Vitamin D and Prevention of Breast Cancer

Vitamin D has been all the hype in the last ten years and there has been a multitude of studies done on this particular molecule. We already know that this vitamin is essential for strong bones and healthy immunity, but what about breast health? New information is emerging in the connection of vitamin and the …

Seeing Pink: October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month

Every fall we see pink.  Our sisters and friends, co-workers and neighbors sign up for the Susan B. Koman’s Race for the Cure   and it’s a reminder that it is once again time to bring awareness to breast health.  Breast Cancer Awareness Month (BCAM) began in October 1985; however the pink ribbons didn’t come on …